荷索博士专栏 | 欧白芷，微妙的心灵疗愈师

作者：Dr. Malte Hozzel

给欧白芷命名的人一定知道，在它迷人外观下，隐藏着强大的天体能量。

欧白芷是伞形科最高的植物之一，可长至两米，向空中撑开巨大“种子伞”，为了维持平衡，根又向下无限延伸。

欧白芷是来自北欧的药用植物，生长茂盛，含大量活性成分。

北欧海盗开始与当地居民开展商业贸易时，也把欧白芷带到了欧洲其它地区。当时，欧白芷是重要的贸易产品，甚至被用作商业交换的货币。

欧白芷的拉丁学名“Angelica archangelica”来自17世纪一名法国僧人的故事，他曾梦到疗愈大天使拉斐尔，拉斐尔告诉他，欧白芷的力量能对抗三个世纪以来第三次肆虐欧洲的瘟疫。

欧白芷是不多的整株都可萃油的药用植物之一，种子、茎干、叶片及根部皆可萃油。

欧白芷根精油辛辣清新的香气直接而明快，仿佛在说：

“不要放弃，坚持下去，没有什么损失。不要害怕，重新开始吧，你很坚强，没有什么能击垮你！”

身心盟友

欧白芷的每一处细节都告诉我们，它是完全显化的，被最微妙的能量提升和吸收。欧白芷根是强大的神经滋补剂和能量补充剂，在对抗恐惧和抑郁方面发挥了重要作用。很少有单萜烯为主的精油能够同时具有向下的扎根感和向上的延伸感。虽然欧白芷没有茉莉或晚香玉细致的花香，不及柠檬马鞭草般清新迷人。但它也有独特且重要的特性：作为根部类精油，欧白芷的能量直接来自大地，来自单萜烯这个基本的芳香分子，单萜烯多在橘类和针叶类精油中，是自然界中最早出现的芳香分子，至今已有2亿年，它能带来温暖与活力，并帮助针叶类树木在高海拔低温环境下生存。

欧白芷可抚慰身心，舒缓胃部神经（物质在此转化为能量），改善消化不良、肠胃气胀、蜂窝组织炎、肥胖等新陈代谢有关问题。欧白芷根精油的主要成分（α-蒎烯、β-蒎烯，柠檬烯）能促进肾上腺释放皮质醇，减轻发炎及疼痛，强化肾脏。中医称肾为“先天之本”，部分单萜烯精油的类荷尔蒙特质及对“脑下垂体-肾上腺-生殖腺”的影响也对应了欧白芷根激励肾上腺的效用。

欧白芷根温热的特性也有助于缓解关节炎、痛风、风湿。

欧白芷根精油可调节黏液分泌，对支气管炎、鼻窦炎、咳嗽都非常有益。它也具皮肤保护功能，皮肤阻塞或发炎时也可使用。

欧白芷根精油能让我们重新发现内在的力量与坚持，与柠檬或柠檬香茅精油混合后扩香，可提振精神。

欧白芷是知名的驱风精油。苦味可刺激消化液的产生，对脾胃虚弱、消化不良、肠胃气胀、神经性胃炎等十分有效。因此，欧白芷根是处理肠胃不适的首选精油之一。此外，它也能镇静、平衡神经系统，许多肠胃问题都是由神经紧张或焦虑所引起，而欧白芷根可兼顾神经及消化系统。

虚弱时，掌心滴1滴欧白芷根，双手快速搓热后包裹面部，深呼吸，即刻可感到它的强化功效，此法也能缓解旅行时的恶心、无力及焦虑。

身心疗愈植物

欧白芷是强大的身心疗愈植物，拥有向下及向上的力量。心理层面，它能帮助那些总感到被忽视或是被环境所击垮的人，并让由于缺乏活力或失去扎根感而感到焦虑的人更有活力。欧白芷让我们与现实连结，它直接作用于大脑释放神经递质，令人清醒，对生活充满热情，以积极的态度看待世界和未来。

德国芳疗师Ruth von Braunschweig写道，欧白芷对去甲肾上腺素有影响，能让人感到清醒和乐观，甚至可能促进多巴胺的产生。这些创造性的荷尔蒙让我们抛开固有思维模式，激发行动力、想象力、直觉力，增强感知力，远离痛苦和悲伤。

欧白芷传达了天使般的信心和勇气，在这个星球及人类摇摇欲坠的过度阶段给予了极大支持。在药用植物协助下，我们获得了更高星体的能量，这些能量也会被更多的自然疗愈师们发现。

欧白芷，有着坚定勇气和力量的大天使。

实用配方

√呼吸系统问题

欧白芷根 1滴

甜罗勒或八角茴香 1滴

白千层 1滴

甜杏仁油5ml（加入1滴沙棘油）

用法：用棉签或干净手指局部涂抹在鼻孔及鼻翼、前额及颧骨处。此配方也可修复鼻翼受损肌肤。（Monika Werner）

（ 注：译文仅供学术交流，健康问题请咨询专业医师）

英文原文:

Angelica: Subtle Spiritual Healer

Posted by DR. MALTE HOZZEL

Whoever gave the name to this plant must have been aware of an immensely powerful, truly celestial energy hidden behind its already very amazing appearance.

Already its height is impressing. Angelica is certainly one, if not the tallest of all the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) plants rising vigorously up to two meters from the soil and spreading its huge “seed-umbrellas” into the air while its root, as if to counterbalance the thrust for the highest, penetrates deep into the ground.

Angelica is a medicinal plant coming from Northern Europe, where it thrives and where it contains the bigger amount of bioactive compounds.

The Vikings introduced Angelica to other areas in Europe when they started to do trade with their inhabitants. The plant was a very important trade product and was even used as currency for commercial exchange.

The Latin name Angelica archangelica comes from the story of a French monk of the 17th century. This monk said that he had a dream with the Archangel Raphaël, the healing Angel, telling him the power of the plant against the plague devastating Europe’s population for the 3rd time in 3 centuries.

Angelica is one of the few medicinal plants where the theme of essential oils has literally overpowered its entire build-up; essential oils are everywhere: in the seeds, in the stem, in the leaves, in the root.

The spicy-fresh and aromatic fragrance of Angelica root oil is direct and clear. The essential oil from the angelica plant suggests something like:

“Don’t give up! Stick with it – nothing has been lost. Don’t be afraid- begin to rebuild. You are strong – nothing will knock you down!”

An ally for body and soul

Looking at Angelica, everything tells us that this plant is fully manifest and yet fully elevated and imbibed by most subtle energies. No wonder that Angelica root oil plays a major role as a remedy against fear and as an anti-depressant, acting as a strong nerve tonic and energizer for our energies. It is rare to find an essential oil, mainly composed of monoterpenes, whose influence is so all encompassing grounding and strengthening at the same time. Of course, Angelica has not the subtle floral notes of a Jasmine or a Tuberose oil, nor the fresh enticing notes of a lemon Verbena. But is has something unique and vital: as a root oil its straight-forwardness signals help from the earth and this particularly with the help of these basic fragrant building blocks, the monoterpenes, which are normally more found in the trees of the citrus and conifer groups. Monoterpenes were the first of the fragrant molecules in nature to be created in the long span of aromatic evolution which started more than 200 million years ago. They are warming, invigorating compounds which may help Conifer trees to survive the highest altitudes under extremely low temperatures.

Angelica comforts the physical and psychological structure of human beings at the same time. It soothes the nerves of the stomach (where matter is transformed into energy) and helps against indigestion and flatulence or problems linked to metabolic dysfunction like cellulitis or obesity. On the other hand, the cortico-mimetic function of its major compounds (a- and b-pinene, limonene) causes the release of cortisol from the adrenal glands helping to alleviate pain and inflammatory reactions and strengthening the area of the kidneys, our “life batteries”, as Chinese medicine sometimes calls them. The hormone-like properties of certain monoterpenic oils with their effects on the axis “pituitary-adrenal-reproductive glands” are echoed in the adrenal response of Angelica root oil.

Its warming nature helps also in cases of arthritis, gout and rheumatism.

Due to its balsamic nature Angelica root oil has also regulating effect on the secretion of mucus, making it a good ally against bronchial problems, sinusitis and coughs. It has also tangible skin protecting properties, especially when the skin is congested or irritated.

The essential oil of the angelica root will help you rediscover your own inner strength and stamina. For strengthening the mind and spirit, use the essential oil of the angelica root in an aroma lamp, perhaps in combination with lemon or lemongrass.

Angelica oil is a well known carminative. It is a very effective, bitter-tasting medicine for a weak stomach or weak digestive system as well as for dyspepsia and flatulence. It stimulates production of digestive juices and is particularly helpful for nervous gastritis, as well as a preferred treatment for stomach disorders. Not only is it healing, but it also has a very calming and balancing effect on the nervous system. This is an ideal combination since so many stomach disorders are caused by nervous tension and anxiety.

In case of sudden weakness, put one drop of undiluted angelica oil in your palm, rub both hands together briskly, then hold your hands under your face and nose. Breathe deeply! You will soon notice its strengthening effect. This is also helpful for nausea, weakness, and anxiety when traveling.

A psycho-spiritual power plant

But above all Angelica is a psycho-spiritual power plant, always surprisingly new in its grounding and uplifting strength. Its psycho-active energy helps those who feel neglected or beaten down by circumstances, and envigorates those who suffer from anxiety caused by the lack of vital energy and having lost “ground under their feet”. Angelica bestows back the contact with reality and makes it livable. It works directly and immediately on our brain chemistry, releasing neurotransmitters that make us feel awake, with a zest for life and existence – and with a positive outlook for the world and our own future.

Angelica, as German aromatherapist Ruth von Braunschweig writes, has an influence on noradrenaline – “it makes you feel awake and optimistic” – and possibly even dopamine production. These “creative“ hormones cause our thoughts to abandon old trodden paths. They activate mobility, imagination, intuition, also increasing our faculty of perception, while gently lifting us out of sadness and melancholy.

Angelica conveys “angelic” confidence and courage. It is one of the great helpers during the shaky transition phase of our planet and its human “colonizers”. Access to higher planetary energies – particularly with the help of medicinal plants – will be more and more discovered by the pioneers in natural self-healing.

Angelica – an archangel with the radiance of adamant courage and strength.

Respiratory problems

Angelica archangelica: 1 drop

Sweet Basil or Aniseed: 1 drop

Cajeput: 1 drop

Dilute in sweet Almond Oil (with a drop of Sea Buckthorn Oil): 5 ml

Use: Apply this solution to the nostrils and around the nose with a cotton bud or a clean finger. Also, rub it on the forehead and cheekbone. This mixture will also repair the damaged skin of the nostrils and can be.  (Monika Werner)